Winter comes each year but not every year is of equal measure. This year’s measure has been very unequal. The inequality began on December 1st when the low for the day registered in the teens. The highest low in the next six days was 15°. December’s severity was quickly erased from memory by 12 single digit or below readings in January.

The first snow of 2025 was on January 3rd, just one inch. That inch…